Posts Tagged "forever"

Does the type of covenant that David and Jonathan instituted sound familiar to you?
What other relationship in scripture describes an eternal covenant?
How does love figure into this “new” covenant?
The Word of God describes a number of eternal covenants, typically between God and a specific person, which always carried forward to future generations. In mastering life with a covenant of love, even David was given an eternal covenant by God. He thought that He would create a temple for the God of Israel, but Nathan came to him with a word from the Lord, telling him that this task would be given to his son after him, and that David’s lineage would be established for ever. As you can imagine, this overwhelming news caused David to sit before the Lord in awe and...